Lather&#39;s hatchet



c. s. CASON.

LATHERS HATCHET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27 1920- 1,426,151. Patented Aug. 15, 1922;

CHARLES s. CASON, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

LATHERS HATGHET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

Application filed May 27, 1920, Serial No. 384,569.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. CASON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda, State of California, have invented a new and useful Lathers Hatchet, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a lathers hatchet and its object is to produce a hatchet which will be light in construction and capable of having its cutting edge and nail driving headrenewed whenever necessary.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the'expert lather must use a very sharp hatchet in order to do 1118 work.

rapidly and whenever the blade gets dull, it must either be sharpened or renewed. In the present instance means is provided whereby the blade may be quickly removed and another blade inserted whenever necessar nother object of the invention is to provide means whereby the body of the hatchet may be made of cheaper material than the blade and nail driving face, both of said parts being detachable from the body of the hatchet.

Another object of the invention is to produce a hatchet which will be so constructed as to require the minimum of machine labor in its production.

as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there may be modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is an edge view of the hatchet with the hammer driving head partly removed therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hatchet.

Fig. 3 is a view of the end of the hatchet carrying the blade. 1

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the blade removed rom the hatchet.

Other objects of the invention will appear Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the end of the hatchet carrying the blade showing the way it is made.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the side of the hatchet which is electrically weldedto the hatchet body to form the second side of the slot for holding the blade.

The numeral 1 indicates the hatchet handle. 2 the hatchet body which is provided with an enlarged driving head 3 and with a thin blade 4:. The blade 4 is formed by suitable dropforging process with a recess 5 to receive the knife shank. A semicircular blade 7 is electrically welded to the blade at to produce the narrow slot or pocket I 8 in which-the knife shank 9is placed.

The knife 10 has shoulders adjacent the shank 9 to rest upon the edges of the end to the hatchet by means of a taper pin 11.

The nail driving head consists of a roughened flat member 12 which has a longitudinal lug 13 on its under side adapted to fit into a dove-tailed hole in the hatchet head. Said hole being shaped to permit the nail driving head to move into line therewith but no further and to same tightly in that position. I

What I claim is as follows, but various modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above particularly described form, within the purview of my invention. r A lathers hatchet comprisin handle secured thereto, said liead being formed into a bladeand having a semi-circular pocket, ahardened blade having a shank adapted to fit said semi-circular pocket with shoulders bearing on the hatchet a head, a

blade entirely aroundthe pocket, and a pin for securing the blade in place in said pocket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17 day of May, A. D. 1920.

CHARLES s, OASON.

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